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Lyrics by Fran Landesman, Music by Simon Wallace

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Today is as grey as ashes
And tomorrow hasn’t a prayer
The past is a foreign county
And they do things different there

The past smells of spice and polish
And the sun shines every day
Its glory can burn forever
And it scars you as you play

Our dreams are taken from us
And memory’s a sweet disease
That clouds the mind
We feed on our illusions
Where everyone was beautiful
And brave and kind

The past is a magic garden
Set behind a wall of years
Where the boys wear swords of laughter
And the girls weep sugar tears

You mourn for your missed connections
As the seasons spin too fast
You only remember the sunshine days
In the county of the past

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from These Precious Days, released February 24, 2023

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Mary Foster Conklin New York, New York

Praised as “a sensitive artist (but not frail) with a wide-ranging boldly colored voice and an open
ear for off-beat material” (Washington Post), Mary Foster Conklin is a master storyteller with a talent for uncovering obscure songs deserving attention. She hosts a weekly radio show called “A Broad Spectrum – the Ladies of Jazz” celebrating women writers on WFDU.FM on the HD2 channel. ... more

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